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Refugees who arrived after lockdown have no way to apply for asylum
Asylum application backlog set to grow, with Refugee Reception Offices closed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
News | 8 October 2021
Hundreds of workers march for end to pay freeze
COSATU members and affiliated unions held demonstrations across the country
By Marecia Damons, Masego Mafata and Joseph Chirume
News | 7 October 2021
Matriculant petitions for stateless youths to get into universities
She is among many South African-born children with immigrant parents struggling to get identification documents
News | 7 October 2021
Makhanda dumpsite occupiers say they have nowhere else to go, as municipality tries to upgrade it
Company awarded R20m to refurbish the site. But a dispute with a subcontractor threatens the project.
News | 7 October 2021
Immigrants refused food parcels at Jeppestown distribution
EFF accused of hijacking government food relief for election gains
News | 6 October 2021
Little Zimbabwe community grimly struggles on
Mostly undocumented immigrants live in leaking shacks without sanitation, water or electricity in this small informal settlement in Marabastad, Pretoria. But they say they are happy to be left in peace
News | 6 October 2021
Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike
Man dies during NUMSA march in Gqeberha
By Masego Mafata, Joseph Chirume, Nokulunga Majola and Marecia Damons
News | 5 October 2021
An Eastern Cape municipality promised its residents houses over a decade ago. They’re still waiting
If residents accept a proposal by the province they will get houses with pit latrines and water tanks within two years
News | 5 October 2021
Musina residents say they have had enough of water outages
Anger over municipality cutting off electricity when people default on water bills
News | 4 October 2021